JULY 189 



that they were mutinous, they said they 

 were "on strike." They were striking 

 because the non-commissioned officers 

 had been put under arrest, and they 

 would go on striking until those officers 

 should be let out. 



This declaration, it is believed, found a 

 soft spot. The strikers were essentially 

 good men ; if they had been less good 

 they might have taken an attitude more 

 nearly approaching formal correctness. 



However, sentiment had to be con- 

 cealed and discipline enforced. Lord 

 Tullibardine simply said to the men 

 that every day the strike went on was 

 only another stitch in the blanket of 

 the non-commissioned officers. If they 

 would leave off striking, he would see 

 what he could do for their comrades 

 under arrest. 



In further conversation the men 

 assured Lord Tullibardine of their loyalty 

 to himself and to the regiment. Then 

 they repeated their earlier grievances, 

 which included a complaint that the 



